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Anti-asbestos advocates plan to hold the newly-elected Parti Québécois government to its promise to cancel the $58-million government loan to the Jeffrey Mine and put an end to this province’s long history of production and export of the deadly fibre.

Rollande Desbois is a well-known cooking teacher and cookbook author who has hosted some of France’s top chefs at her very own table. I met with Desbois in her Outremont apartment where we tasted croissants from the nearby bakery Mamie Clafoutis and chatted in French about her favourite chefs, her take on Jamie Oliver’s new book, and the number of recipes she tested for tarte Tatin before she got it right.

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